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Title
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Women's Suffrage Flowers
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Description
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Visual Description: A Women's Suffrage Poster titled "Women's Suffrage Flowers" at the top. On the bottom, it says "Uncle Sam: Prune away Prejudice, and those will blossom in November." There is a map of the United States blossoming out of soil and a plant pot. The pot says "Equality" and the soil says "Liberty." Near the pot, there are 3 gardening tools with words on them. There is a watering can that says "Justice;" the hedge shears say "Education" and "Truth." There is a plant rolling tool that says "Logic." The states on the map that include flowers are: Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Illinois. The states on the map that are shaded in black include: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. The states that are white with neither shading or flowers include: Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Delaware. A figure of Uncle Sam is standing next to the map clipping off pieces of the states near Massachusetts. There is a caterpillar on the northeast part of the map.
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This poster was released during the Women's Suffrage Movement in support of women's rights to vote. The flowers represented in the map are sunflowers and symbolize the women's suffrage first adopted in Kansas, and then spread to other states who then adopted it. The gardening tools all represent equality, to help "grow" the tree with the map that shows states that adopt women's equality.
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Creator
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Ames Blanche
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Date
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May 22, 1915
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Identifier
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A suffrage poster with a map showing flowers blossoming from U.S. states that allow women to vote.
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Publisher
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Woman’s Journal and Suffrage News
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Rights
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https://library.harvard.edu/privacy-terms-use-copyright-information#visuals
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Source
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Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute Gr-1-16
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Subject
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Voting Rights
Women's Rights
Equality
